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Martina · 08-31-2013, 11:14 PM

They have left the TFA intern completely alone. She has no idea what a triennial IEP actually is, no idea how to write any IEP, no idea how to test. She has been working with a student for three weeks and asked me to help her get started on the student's overdue triennial. I looked at the current IEP. It turned out the student was qualified under ED (emotional disturbance). So the girl is in the wrong program.

We talked to the girl. It turns out that she has no insurance and is unmedicated. And, by her report, being off meds is making it nearly impossible for her to do school work. So the poor TFA intern has been working with this girl for three weeks without even knowing what her disability is or dealing with the elephant in the living room. The studnet should never have been placed in the TFA intern's program. And the TFA intern should have help with her IEP's from her Program Specialist. She does not know what is in front of her. She does not know who to contact for anything. She does not know what present levels are, what IEP goals are supposed to be like, what a transition plan is. And she has been teaching this poor unmedicated girl for three weeks without helping her get health care.

The morning when this happened -- again no warning -- my student got cheated of time with me. And, of course, her student has not been getting what she needed.

People who argue that teacher turnover is not a serious problem -- there was a recent article in the NYTimes -- are out of their minds. My student NEEDED his time with me. My day went from manageable to chaotic. And her student deserved appropriate interventions.

I did get a nice email from the intern saying thank you, etc. But this is not how it's supposed to happen. Not the intern's fault. But she shouldn't be trained during my student's time. Nor should her students get screwed for weeks at a time. It's hard enough when you know what you are doing. A Speech Pathologist has been finding one excuse after another not to come out and work with one of my students with a traumatic brain injury. She as much as said she didn't want to come out. Anyway. It's not easy when you are trained and experienced.

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Martina Senior Member How Do You Identify?: * Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: * Posts: 4,999 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 13,409 Thanked 18,285 Times in 4,167 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	They have left the TFA intern completely alone. She has no idea what a triennial IEP actually is, no idea how to write any IEP, no idea how to test. She has been working with a student for three weeks and asked me to help her get started on the student's overdue triennial. I looked at the current IEP. It turned out the student was qualified under ED (emotional disturbance). So the girl is in the wrong program. We talked to the girl. It turns out that she has no insurance and is unmedicated. And, by her report, being off meds is making it nearly impossible for her to do school work. So the poor TFA intern has been working with this girl for three weeks without even knowing what her disability is or dealing with the elephant in the living room. The studnet should never have been placed in the TFA intern's program. And the TFA intern should have help with her IEP's from her Program Specialist. She does not know what is in front of her. She does not know who to contact for anything. She does not know what present levels are, what IEP goals are supposed to be like, what a transition plan is. And she has been teaching this poor unmedicated girl for three weeks without helping her get health care. The morning when this happened -- again no warning -- my student got cheated of time with me. And, of course, her student has not been getting what she needed. People who argue that teacher turnover is not a serious problem -- there was a recent article in the NYTimes -- are out of their minds. My student NEEDED his time with me. My day went from manageable to chaotic. And her student deserved appropriate interventions. I did get a nice email from the intern saying thank you, etc. But this is not how it's supposed to happen. Not the intern's fault. But she shouldn't be trained during my student's time. Nor should her students get screwed for weeks at a time. It's hard enough when you know what you are doing. A Speech Pathologist has been finding one excuse after another not to come out and work with one of my students with a traumatic brain injury. She as much as said she didn't want to come out. Anyway. It's not easy when you are trained and experienced.